Colors, Finishes and Forecasting: What’s in a Forecast & What You’ll
Be Seeing Soon
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Alden Parkes Seminar Room, 200 N. Hamilton St., Suite 110
Join Kathy Andersson, who led the Global Color and Design Center for Sherwin-Williams Industrial Coatings in Greensboro, North Carolina for a decade, as she dives into the process of forecasting. (0.1 CEU)

Meet & Greet with Dowel Furniture
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Dowel Furniture IHFC IH506
Come meet Joanne Hallare Lee and Ray Hallare, co-founders of Interhall’s newest brand Dowel Furniture, as they toast to their first High Point Market. Designers Barbara Elza Hirsch and Duncan Hughes will be on hand to showcase their new designs for the brand.

Platform Building: The Power of Persuasion
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Suites at Market Square Seminar Room (SAMS T-1014)
Have you been marketing your business as an extension of yourself? In a panel including Corey Damen Jenkins, Cheryl Luckett and Jennifer Gracie, with author Kim Kuhteubl as moderator, designers can learn how to connect with clients and engage with followers. Book signing to follow. (0.1 CEU)

Wanderlust: Travel, Culture and Design
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Currey & Company, IHFC, M110, Main St.
David Santiago, Kelli Ellis, Scot Meacham Wood, Michelle Nussbaumer and moderator Gary Inman stamp their passports at this travel-themed panel, which focuses on the Age of Enlightenment and how exploration has impacted design.

Design Viewpoint SeriesThe Interior Design Industry: The New Business as Usual
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | High Point Theatre, Transportation Terminal, 210 E. Commerce Ave.
The interior design industry is evolving, from online design services to products widely available to consumers. It’s in a continuous state of change, and your business must adapt. Designers need to consider new approaches to reposition their value and gain a competitive edge. Led by BOH’s Julia Noran Johnston, this discussion brings together Kerrie Kelly, Noa Santos and Kimberley Seldon to discuss how they are adapting to the new business as usual. Presented by the High Point Market Authority and ASID. Complimentary boxed lunch provided. (0.1 CEU)

TrendWatch Fall 2018: An Inside Look at the Future of Design
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. | Suites at Market Square Seminar Room (SAMS T-1014)
The TrendWatch program, directed by home furnishings forecaster, editor and curator Julie Smith Vincenti of Nine Muses Media, returns to High Point Market with an opening-day seminar and three on-site displays: the Suites at Market Square Lobby, IHFC Green Lobby and the walkway between IHFC and Showplace near the Transportation Terminal. (0.1 CEU)

Keynote Series 20/20 Vision: Forecasting Color and Home Trends for 2019/20
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | High Point Theatre, Transportation Terminal, 210 E. Commerce Ave.
How do you look ahead with clarity to the trends and movements that will impact home fashion in the next few years? How do you use a forecast to provide confidence to a client or customer on the selections you’re recommending? Join Sue Wadden, director of color marketing for Sherwin-Williams, and Jaye Anna Mize, VP of home and interiors for trend forecasting company Fashion Snoops, as they examine the intricate world of color and share insights into the macro trends that will impact home interiors in 2019, 2020 and beyond. Attendees will receive Sherwin-Williams’ newly released Colormix Forecast 2019.

Whether it is social media or a host of other new digital services and technology that seem to come out just about daily, today's market can be a lot to handle. That is where industry veteran Barry Lantz is here to help. At a panel this Market, he will discuss how to leverage the latest technology into your business in a way that will lead to success. He will be joined by designers MA Allen, Rachel Cannon and Mikel Welch.

The Barry Goralnick Collection Debut
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Currey & Company, IHFC, M110, Main St.
Meet celebrated New York architect and designer Barry Goralnick, and get a first look at his new collections for Currey & Company.

Kim Scodro for Pearson Launch
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. | Pearson, Market Square Floor 3, 305 W. High Ave.
Luxe Interiors + Design and Pearson invite designers to experience Kim Scodro's latest line, the Kim Scodro Collection. The upholstery line is complete with sofas, chairs, bar stools, ottomans and a skirted end table. Each of the new silhouettes—which happens to be the largest licensed collection launched by Pearson—have been bench-made in the brand’s Hickory, North Carolina, workroom. RSVP here.

Sunsets With Sunbrella
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. | American Leather, Showplace, Floor 5
Scope out Sunbrella fabric collections, learn more about trends in performance coverings and enjoy hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and Italian wines on a private patio that, as the brand says, is one of the top spots to take in a sunset at Market.

Hospitality Is Home
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | EJ Victor, 116 S. Lindsay St.
Join EJ Victor’s John Jokinen for Champagne and hors d’oeuvres, and tour the newest collections that blur the lines between international hospitality and residential. Feel the welcome and comfort of home merging with the appeal and beauty of premier resorts and public spaces, and indulge your creative muse by touring the latest collections by Ralph Lauren, Kelly Wearstler, Ann and David Sutherland, Bethan Gray and new-to-the-family, award-winning hospitality designer Joni Vanderslice, principal of J. Banks Design.

Photos courtesy of event organizers.

This article originally appeared in Fall 2018 issue of the Designer's Guide, High Point Market. Subscribe for more.